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- Abraham Path An attempt to physically bridge the chasm between Islam, Christianity and Judaism
- Art not Hate A really interesting site about creative responses to conflict, especially artistic ones
- Benny's Blog Great site from an evangelical Christian Church of England/Episcopalian vicar old friend of mine Benny who is contesting Christian condemnation of homosexuality
- Correlates of War Project Excellent source of information on all forms of armed conflict
- Creating Reciprocity Great site about the role of empathy and reciprocity in conflict
- End of Economic Growth: Richard Heinberg Great site for information on why and how economic growth may be over; with profound implications for future conflict
- Equality Trust My old contact Richard Wilkinson’s data based site on economic inequality: an often missed vertical element in conflict
- Grist Organization I like the data driven approach of this environmental site
- Jerome Slater Really interesting Middle East expert and blogger with a mind of his own
- Josh Berer Interesting site on Arabic art by someone who has lived in the Yemen
- Move Him Into the Sun A blog devoted to World War 1 war poetry with unusual selections and critical comment. Very generative
- Natasa in Malawi I am enjoying Natasa’s (from Slovenia) coming to terms with life and working for an NGO in Malawi.
- Peace Mapping A really useful site that shows visual ways to re-frame conflict
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- Right Brain Blogger A really interesting insightful blog on creativity and its blocks. Really powerful insights that will help in conflict, especially our internal conflicts
- Roger the Surf Blog on Climate Change from a Skeptics Viewpoint This blog is a monument to Confirmation Bias in the direction of Climate Change Skepticism. That said it has a lot of reference material some peer reviewed and is therefore a useful resource if you can get past the rhetoric of one of my correspondents.
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Monthly Archives: March 2011
War Horse by Michael Morpurgo: Children’s Anti-War Novel, Play and Movie
The media is saturated with images and stories about violence and war, very little of which raises any doubts whether war is a good thing. War may sometimes be necessary, unavoidable, but we should never doubt, as my late father … Continue reading
George Orwell’s Top Ten Conflict Tips
I have always found George Orwell (1903-1950) makes me think. So I thought I would compile some of his more memorable quotes as they apply to conflict as one of our regular Top Ten Conflict Tips: In a time of … Continue reading
Roasting Ben Bernanke, Chairman of the Fed
OK I am admit it. I have a shadow side, and that shadow side loves seeing Ben Bernanke Chairman of the US Federal Reserve Bank being forced to justify himself. And when the person on his case is Bernie Sanders, … Continue reading
Conflict Resolution: Top Twelve Tips: The Buddhist Approach
I recently read an article by Acharya Nyima Tsering on Conflict Resolution from a Buddhist Perspective. I will in due course post on the Conflict Resolution approach of other religious traditions. The full article is at: http://acharyanyima.com/articles/conflict_resolution.html I thought it would … Continue reading
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Huge Demonstration in London
Apparently about 450,000 people turned out on the streets of London today to protest against proposed government cuts, but also tax avoidance by large corporations under the UK Uncut campaign this blog has commented on previously.
What Do You Regret?
There is a really interesting piece in 3 Quarks Daily today about the sources of regret in the lives of Americans. This blog is dedicated partly to the idea that we can make better decisions, when faced with conflict or … Continue reading
Direct Precursor to the Holocaust
Our colonialist amnesia continues Continue reading
China Future Scenarios
Long time readers of this blog will know how much I like Peter Schwartz’s approach to thinking about the future in The Art of the Long View. He thinks we should not build one future forecast but 3 or 4 … Continue reading
Robert McNamara: Top Ten Additional Lessons of War
More lessons of War from Robert McNamara Continue reading
